Too Much Comfort Kills | Joe de Sena and Zackary Paben
The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena
Spartan Races
4.7 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Joe and Zackary delve into the powerful symbolism behind carrying a couch through Spartan Races, a tribute to those struggling with addiction and a call to leave comfort for the community. Zach shares his personal story of overcoming addiction and physical challenges, emphasizing the importance of helping others, especially adaptive athletes, to conquer obstacles.
The conversation touches on modern issues like the dangers of fentanyl, the impact of simulated experiences on youth, and the need for real connections. With heartfelt anecdotes and practical wisdom, Joe and Zach inspire listeners to push beyond their limits and support one another in the journey of life.
Highlights:
00:42 Intro
02:12 We seek comfort at all costs
05:57 Crazy trip to Wales and making connections
10:14 Empowering kids by challenging them
17:22 The dangers of fentanyl addiction
21:03 Carrying a couch to raise awareness
25:23 Race in a wheelchair and the shift in mindset
29:51 Creating real connections and relationships
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We seek comfort at all costs. |
| 0:02.8 | Don't go to a gym. |
| 0:03.8 | It's going to expend too much energy. |
| 0:05.2 | Don't eat that salad, not enough calories. |
| 0:07.2 | Better off of the ice cream. |
| 0:08.2 | You don't know when you're going to get your next meal. |
| 0:09.6 | We didn't have couches 500 years ago. |
| 0:11.2 | Right. |
| 0:12.2 | The idea of that leisure. It's a perpetual |
| 0:15.0 | circle. Ever-increasing desire with ever diminishing returns. So there's less |
| 0:19.6 | pleasures of we are wired to want more and we get less out of it. |
| 0:24.8 | And so there's this thing we're just so hungry. |
| 0:27.3 | We're just hungry for something that doesn't save us |
| 0:30.6 | because it doesn't challenge, it doesn't connect, it isn't real, it isn't mean it's't connect it isn't real it isn't |
| 0:33.5 | me well that thing we used to chase for five million years on earth was an app that |
| 0:38.4 | could have just wrote a check welcome to the hardway podcast with Joe |
| 0:41.7 | the cinna founder and CEO of Spartan Races. |
| 0:45.7 | We're teaching you how to overcome your obstacles in your life the same way we teach our 10 million |
| 0:50.0 | plus Spartans to overcome obstacles on the course. |
| 0:53.0 | With insight from the smartest, most accomplished experts from every corner of the world. |
| 0:57.0 | Get ready to elevate your life today. |
| 1:00.0 | Choder Center here, CEO and founder of Spartan and hosts the Hardway |
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